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US 11,159,893 · App. 16/934,015 · Granted Oct 26, 2021

MEMS sound transducer

Inventor: Yannick Kervran (Hk, FR)
Assignee: AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
H04R19/005B81B3/0021H02N1/008B81B2201/033H04R19/04H04R2201/003
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Patent No.
US 11,159,893
App. No.
16/934,015
Granted
Oct 26, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present invention discloses a MEMS sound transducer. The sound transducer includes: a substrate having a back cavity; a stator, the stator having a central portion suspending on the back cavity and at least two fixed arms extending from the center portion to the substrate and fixed on the substrate; a movable cantilever, mounted to the substrate, at least partially facing the back cavity and disposed between two adjacent fixed arms; wherein, the movable cantilever has a fixed end mounted to the substrate and a free edge facing the fixed arms with space; the free edge has a plurality of moving comb-fingers formed thereon; the stator has a plurality of fixed comb-fingers formed on the fixed arms; the moving comb-fingers and the fixed comb-fingers fit to each other to form a capacitor with an overlap area.

Claims (16)

1. A MEMS sound transducer, comprising:

a substrate having a back cavity;

a stator, the stator having a central portion suspending on the back cavity and at least two fixed arms extending from the center portion to the substrate and fixed on the substrate;

a movable cantilever, mounted to the substrate, at least partially facing the back cavity and disposed between two adjacent fixed arms; wherein, the movable cantilever has a fixed end mounted to the substrate and a free edge facing the fixed arms with space;

the free edge has a plurality of moving comb-fingers formed thereon;

the stator has a plurality of fixed comb-fingers formed on the fixed arms;

the moving comb-fingers and the fixed comb-fingers fit to each other to form a capacitor with an overlap area;

further comprising a back plate mounted on the substrate, the back plate spaced from the movable cantilever and formed a capacitive coupling with the movable cantilever; the back plate further comprising a plurality of through holes.

2. The MEMS sound transducer according to claim 1 , wherein, the stator has four fixed arms; and the MEMS sound transducer further has four movable cantilevers.

3. The MEMS sound transducer according to claim 1 , further comprising a spacer, the spacer is fixed to the substrate, and the fixed end of the cantilever is mounted on the substrate via the spacer.

4. The MEMS sound transducer according to claim 1 , wherein, a height of the cantilever along a vibrating direction is equal to that of the fixed arm.

5. The MEMS sound transducer according to claim 1 , wherein, a height of the cantilever is lower than that of the stator along a vibrating direction, the cantilever further comprises a protruding part extending from the free edge upward or downward in a vibrating direction; the height of the protruding part is equal to that of the fixed arm.

6. The MEMS sound transducer according to claim 1 , wherein, a height of the cantilever is lower than that of the stator along a vibrating direction, the cantilever further comprises a protruding part attached to the free edge at a center thereof; the height of the protruding part is equal to that of the stator.

7. The MEMS sound transducer according to claim 1 , wherein, the fixed arm has a top layer and a bottom layer, the top layer and the bottom layer are spaced from each other and electrically isolated from each other.

8. The MEMS sound transducer according to claim 7 , wherein, the stator further includes an insulation layer formed between the top layer and the bottom layer.

9. The MEMS sound transducer according to claim 7 , wherein, an air gap is formed between the top layer and the bottom layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 10, 2020
From: KERVRAN, YANNICK
To: AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
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